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MrBig

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  1. Whenever the Mavs are on a run I always assume it’s because Jason Kidd is in the shitter and someone else is coaching.
  2. If I would have told you in 1997 this dude would one day have a direct line to the POTUS, I would have sounded as crazy as Terrence Howard.
  3. If you would have told me that the 2026 Alabama Senate race could possibly be Tommy Tuberville vs Charles Barkley, I would have got up from my dinner table and walked out without telling anyone I was leaving.
  4. So Boeing is saying they took the fake titanium off the planes that were scheduled for delivery, but the ones already in the air with the fake shit are still safe to fly?! Sounds reassuring. Boeing added that it was "removing any affected parts on airplanes prior to delivery. Our analysis shows the in-service fleet can continue to fly safely." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna157160
  5. The Paramount Decrees covered much more than a studio owning a chain of movie theaters. The Decrees created barriers between owners of production, distribution, and exhibition and set limits on what practices can be used by major studios to make movies accessible to the public. Today the Decrees are considered “outdated” because of modern streaming technology. Big streamers like Netflix, Apple and Amazon are not subject to the same Decree rules as major studios like MGM and Paramount. The idea is that since the streamers don’t have to abide by the rules, the Paramount Decrees and all of the antitrust laws it entails should be repealed to create a level playing field for movie studios and streamers alike. What gets lost in this argument is that vertical integration of the entire industry (major studios + big streamers) means independent filmmakers outside of the studio-streamer networks have an even harder chance of getting their films seen by a wider audience. What incentive do major streamers and studios have to buy independent films if they can just produce and exhibit their own films on their own platforms without paying for licensing? Since the repeal, Amazon has bought the global distribution rights to Paramount as well as buying MGM outright. This type of ownership means Amazon controls global distribution of Paramount films and can stop movies from being released by independent theaters in favor of a wide release exclusively for Amazon Prime subscribers. This is bad for independent theater owners who miss out on a highly anticipated film because it goes straight to Prime. A partnership like this would never be possible prior to the repeal. I’m interested in seeing how the Sony purchase of the Drafthouse plays out.
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    Luka Doncic

    That Jason Kidd timeout during the 20 point Mavs run was stupid and gave the Celtics a chance to regroup after pissing away a huge lead. Luka’s defense is terrible but Jason Kidd’s coaching is just as bad if he can’t make the right adjustments and has THJ on the floor to do absolutely nothing.
  7. Kyrie is finally helping Boston get that championship he promised the fans.
  8. The Dutch roll and the stuck rudder issues on a flight back in March is giving me flashbacks of the Boeing rudder issues from the 90s that caused more than a few fatal plane crashes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues
  9. Jason Kidd the whole series
  10. He had sex with a porn star in 2006 and had Michael Cohen use his own money to pay her a month before the 2016 election to kill the story. Trump’s business records were falsified by then making payments to Cohen under the guise of it being a legal expense. This is what made it a felony, because he did it with the intent of influencing the election a month before the election when he had sex with her a decade prior.
  11. I can just picture Comer completely unaware of what’s happening saying with his accent, “I need all the butch bodies to sit on the right and all the fake eyelashes to sit on the left so I can know who is who.”
  12. This little smirk by Jamie Raskin absolutely kills me while James Comer is like, “a what now?”
  13. Can we change the thread title to - MTG - Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body? I swear this was stolen right from Surly
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    Twisters

    This is Shania Twain now
  15. Not as frustrating as seeing someone who is pretty fucking smart working at a job where their intelligence is pushed aside for a stupid asshole like Elon Musk.
  16. The prosecutor needs to do some reverse psychology and make Cohen state how much he think Biden sucks so MAGA can stop pushing the line that we shouldn’t “believe a word he says.”
  17. My weed guy uses Signal so I’m sticking with Signal
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